Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-02-07
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this city. We are supposed to know ut least
the names OF the millionsires, or ut any rate
people whose fortunes amount to more than
million or two but We do not know the
nall of them, and the number OF wealthy
women In New lork ia past belief. know
lady whom nobody over heard ot outside
oil her own circle of acquaintance who has
$,ocoOO0 of her own. l know of another
lady who has g, ,ooN, 600 OF another, recently
dead, with trom 6, coo no0 to s., 900 c0r. These
OF course, not including the well known
wealthy widows-such ~ the late Mrs. a. T.
Stewart, the Widow Ha,umersley, Mrs May
and n dozen othsrs, The ch'ns aud house.
hold ornaments OF the Widow McCrcsky
were sold at auction this week, There was
nothing very striking about the collection,
tnough IL WAS su expensive one Widow
McCrosky leaves about s6 COo,oOo, alsrge part
OF which is invested in the Chem ,cal National
bank. Mrs McCrCsky got in when Chemi.
cal bank shares were at par Now n share
that originally cost SlCJ Is worth g 5OO; SO
If Mrs. McCrosky hsi a Few hundred shares
in this bauk her income would tsve been
great deal larger than one would have
thought taking the ordinary per centage,
which nowadays sc ems to be 3.
know another lady in New York who has
5000 900 ot her own, 8, ,OI l,O0O OF which she
Will settle upon her daughter If her dsugh-
ter martes To please her. II the daughter
does not-it she takes II into her heal to run
OH with the coachman-she will be cut OIL
with ashilling At least that Is what her
mother says now, Ii - not generally given
out that the mother Is going TO make tn.
marriage settlement on her daughter. IL II
were, think she would have an embarrass
ment OF suitors Two million dollers Is a
good deal to settle upon hride-more in fact
than is Wise--but think II much better for
wealthy parents to give their children a
doyry when they msrry than to give them
nothing until their death, when the property
il divided. The idea OF marriage settle
ments, which as general thing Is repuG.
nant 10 Americana, is not a bad one. 1t
makes a woman independent aud it makes
1t possible for her II marry poor man who
might be a much better husband for her th Al
richer one. When Young men or young
women have been broughl up surrounded
by every luxury al home, and then get mar
ried and are obliged to live as though they
were in sttaitened circumstances, when they
know at the death OF their parents they are
| going to have all the money they want, it
! makes them, ! tear, look tOr ward TO the
death OF their parents with fe 9llugs akin -
| resignation. II AT their marriage a good
round sum of money were soltled upon them
| l think the etitc: would be more satisfactory
than is found in anticipation.
Speaking OF rich women, Mrs. Frederick
| Stevens, whose marriage to the Marquis be
! lalleyr8nd has excited SO much talk in fash
| iouaole circles, is one of the richest Her
| yeaIly Income Is $500 pU0 and she gets the
| greater part OF tDls from the tlemlcal
/ National bank, in which she IL one OF the lar
| gest stock holders Her father, | believe, was
| one OF the founders OF the bank. Mrs Ste.
| Nens' relations with the Marquis De Iallsy-
! rand have been OF a -CandalOus nature for
l numbers of years. The marquis, as well as
| Mrs. Stevens, WAS married ana has vile, a
| Boston woman, and a family of children.
| tie Is brilliant man, but Is extremely un.
| pleasant 10 look al and IS an inyeieIate
| gambler. But Mrs. Stevens became
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| home aud children and followed him
| through Europe. She came back from
| abroad few months ago aud went to live at
| Newport, that she might take advantage OF
| the loose divorce laws of the state OF Rhode
| Island. There she got q divorce granted her
on the Plea OF non-supporL Her husband
made no objection, and after obtaining a
divorce she went back to Paris and married
the Marquis De Talleyrand, who in the
| meantime had become dlvofl / from his
! wife, on what ground | do not know. Per.
haps she got the divorce FROM him. which
| she might easily have done.
| Now anything more absurd than this plea
| OF non-suppott on the part OF Mrs. Stevens
| could hardly be imagined. Mrs. Stevens Is
/ the daughter OF wealthy merchant of New
i \ orh city by the name OF Sampson, who had
/ more money than social position, and who
| was possessed with an ambition to get into
society, or At least to get his daughter in.
Frederick Stevens was young Lawyer oi
i
in him Mr.. sampson saw his opportunity.
The match was one OF convenience, but it was
| love match as we'll Mr.. Stevens Was anx.
| ious to 20 on with his business but father in
| law Sampson would not listen 10 it. lie
| made hlm retire from the practice Of the
| law, aud told hIm that he would ind all the
business no wanted taking care OF his wife 5
estate. Mr.. Stevens hes!tAted Al first, but the
offer was tempting one, aud he finally ac,
Cepted lEa matter OF course and he did ICok
closely after his wIie's affairs, and they were
| supposed to be happy couple as couples 90
| and they were, l balIeve, until the Marquis
| dc Ialleyrand appeared upon the scene
| Mrs. Stevens no sooner rested her eyes upon
| his ugly little face than she lost her head
| and forgot not only common decency but ali
! the instincts of q vile and mother.
l beard yesterday OF an in pending divorce
| suit that Is going to make grea. sensation in
| the most fashionable circles. There are more
| divorce suits in the air than you can shake 6
stick at, which shows with wha. reck lessness
marriages in fashionable life are made. Men
aud women marry for money, or for &C. lyeni-
ence, or any other reason than because they
are fond OF each other and think thCy ale well
suited, and after they hava lived together
awhile they md they have made great mis-
take ald fig to the law courts to rectiy it /,
IL pretty poor business and New York
society Is getting to be Just about as rotten as
English fashionable society and that IL saying
as much a5 CAl be said.